@haventhepodcast: I found myself saying "gentle hands" over and over to my son Sure, there is a time and a place to teach that! But, I felt an internal check that I was not giving him enough opportunities to go and be in the fulness of his power in appropriate settings He needs to run outside and hit things with big sticks His body needs to kick soccer balls and run at full speed He wants to destroy, demolish, crash, break, and expend his energy So why am I decaffeinating and domesticating that so soon? It was out of balance of too much "indoor time" and not enough free space outside to explore and extend I do think that is one of the giftings dads have - the ability to let their little boy be in the fulness of his power because he can be contained by someone bigger than them who handles it and guides them on how to wield it properly